Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 22
Citraketu’s Detachment, Nārada’s Mantra, and the Darśana of Anantadeva
यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं तिष्ठत्यप्येति जायते । मृण्मयेष्विव मृज्जातिस्तस्मै ते ब्रह्मणे नम: ॥ २२ ॥
yasminn idaṁ yataś cedaṁ tiṣṭhaty apyeti jāyate mṛṇmayeṣv iva mṛj-jātis tasmai te brahmaṇe namaḥ
As pots made completely of earth are situated on earth after being created and are transformed into earth again when broken, this cosmic manifestation is caused by the Supreme Brahman, situated in the Supreme Brahman, and annihilated in the same Supreme Brahman. Therefore, since the Supreme Lord is the cause of Brahman, let us offer Him our respectful obeisances.
The Supreme Lord is the cause of the cosmic manifestation, He maintains it after creation, and after annihilation the Lord is the reservoir of everything.
FAQs
It states that the universe arises from the Supreme Brahman, rests in Him for its maintenance, and returns into Him at dissolution—He is the ultimate ground of all existence.
To show that diverse forms are transformations of one underlying substance—just as pots and other earthen items are essentially earth, all cosmic manifestations depend upon and exist within Brahman.
By remembering the one divine foundation behind changing circumstances, a devotee cultivates steadiness, humility, and surrender—seeing life’s shifts as temporary forms resting in the Supreme.